Doren Davis

Doren Davis, 63, died about four weeks after her roommate poured hot cooking oil on her during a personal conflict, police said. Prosecutors have charged Oliveri Jones, 66, with killing Davis, her roommate in an assisted living facility. Jones, who lived at the Smiley Manor, 5415 Thekla Avenue, is facing second-degree murder and second-degree assault charges in Davis' death. Jones has multiple previous felony convictions. In 1984, she was sentenced to five years in prison for first-degree assault that occurred in St. Louis County. In 2007 and 2014, she also faced prison time for endangering an inmate or corrections worker at the women's prison in Audrain County.

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Died

March 7, 2022

Type

Unspecified

Age

63 years old

Gender

female

Where

5415 Thekla Avenue,
Walnut Park East,
St. Louis city